Illustrations:
Key: scale bar 10 microns; after the species and collection number, A = acetolysed, N = non-acetolysed, H = honey; aspect PO = polar view, EQ = equatorial view; focus OS = optical section, SV = surface, AP = aperture
 Ascarina lucida, LRL9738 A: SU |
 Ascarina lucida, LRL9738 A: OS |
IGNS collection number: LRL9738.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Chloranthales; Family Chloranthaceae.
Common name: Hutu.
Pollen type: Ascarina.
Comparison remarks: Pollen with densely packed club-shaped projections (clavae) arranged in reticulate (net-like) pattern.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate) (aperture at one pole). Shape in polar view: oval. Aperture numbers: 1. Aperture type: furrows only. Surface pattern: isolated dots due to spines or other projections. Exine section: medium or thick with coarse external rods.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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